1. CREATING YOUR CAREER GOALS THE 16 CAREER CLUSTERS Career Clusters Interest Survey Instructor PowerPoint 1 Copyright © 2009, Thinking Media, a division of SAI Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. Career Ready 101 is a registered trademark and Thinking Media is a trademark of SAI Interactive, Inc.

2. The Career Clusters Interest Survey Occupations in the US are organized into sixteen Career Clusters. Career clusters can: 2 help educators to identify knowledge and skills that jobs have in common help ensure that what you learn is relevant to your career interest help you prepare for a future career.

3. The Career Clusters Interest Survey In this activity, you will have an opportunity to take a short career interest survey. This is not a test. The purpose of this exercise is to help you find which of the sixteen career clusters you are most interested in. 3

4. The Career Clusters Interest Survey Directions: 4 Circle the items in each box that best describe you. Make as many or as few circles in each box as you choose. When you finish, count the number of circles in each box and write that number in the blank box. Look to see which three boxes have the highest numbers.

5. The Career Clusters Interest Survey Here is an example: 5

6. The Career Clusters Interest Survey When you finish your survey: 6 Find the three boxes with the highest numbers. These are the Career Clusters you may be most interested in. Use the box number to find the corresponding Career Cluster. Write the names of your top 3 Career Clusters on the last page of your survey form.

7. The 16 Career Clusters 1.Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources 2.Architecture and Construction 3.Arts, Audio-Video Technology and Communications 4.Business, Management and Administration 5.Education and Training 6.Finance 7.Government and Public Administration 8.Health Science 7 9. Hospitality and Tourism 10.Human Services 11.Information Technology 12.Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security 13.Manufacturing 14.Marketing, Sales and Service 15.Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 16.Transportation, Distribution and Logistics

8. The Career Clusters Interest Survey This concludes the Interest Survey activity. You can find more information on your top three Career Clusters at: www.careerclusters.org 8

9. CREATING YOUR CAREER GOALS THE 16 CAREER CLUSTERS Career Clusters Interest Survey END OF LESSON 9